United States v. James Misleveck

POSNER, Circuit Judge.

Thé defendant pleaded guilty to being a felon in possession of a gun, in'violation of 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1), which carries a maximum punishment of 10 years in prison. But the judge found that because the defendant had three prior convictions of felonies classified as “violent” under the Armed Career Criminal Actj 18 U.S.C. § 924(e), he was subject to a mandatory minimum sentence of 15 years. § 924(e)(1). So that was the sentence the judge imposed. But one of the prior convictions had been for arson, and the defendant argues that the particular arson statute that he had…